Folding voting booth



Aug. 5 1924.

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ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 5, 1924.

JOHN CT. REINHOLD, F MARIETTA, PENNSYLVANIA..

FOLDING VOTING B0 0TH.

Application filed September 10, 1921.

To @ZZ whom. t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN J. REINHOLD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Marietta, county of Lancaster, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Voting Booths, of which the following is a speciiication.

rIhis invention relates toy improvements in folding voting-booths of the type constructed of skeleton frame work covered with canvas, or more particular, detail improvements in connection therewith. n

The object of this invention is to 1provide a folding booth which is exceptiona ly low, so low in fact that the usual overhead cross members must be dispensed with to permit free entrance thereto; and to provide a swinging door which is also foldable with the booth proper, and of such construction in which the several parts are at all times connected with each other,rparticularly so that none of them can become misplaced or lost.

In further describing this invention I will refer to the accompanying drawings, in which similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a folding booth embodying the principal features of this invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the booth shown partially folded.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the booth shown completely folded as when placed in storage.

Referring to Figure 1, numerals 1 and 2 indicate side sections attached to the back section 3 by hinges 4. 6 is a desk board the one end being attached to the cross member 7 through hinges 8, the other end is supported by the cross member 9 of side section 1.

Attached to the underside of the desk board 6 is a strip 10, which is fitted close to the cross member 9. 11 is a screw eye screwed into the desk board 6 and carries a hook 12. 13 is a screw eye screwed into the cross member 9 and engages with the hook 12 as shown 'in Fig. 1. The position of the screw eyes 11 and 13 are such that when the hook 12 is engaged with the screw eye 13, the cross member 9 will be drawn into firm contact with the desk board 6 and the strip 10, thereby forming a rigid and stiff connection between the side section 1 and the desk board 6, and holding the side Serial No. 499,710.

section 1 in a rigid manner relative to the back section 3 when thebooth is erected.

The hinges 8 being attached to the desk board 6 and the cross member 7 form a rigid connection between the side sec-tion 2 and the desk board 6, and holds the side section 2 in a rigid manner relative to the back section 3 when the booth is erected. No bracing otherthan'that above described is necessary to hold the booth in a steady and erected position.

14 is a plate secured to the front edge of the side section 2 by screws 15 and carries stop pin 16. 19 is a curtain supporting member carried by the hinge 17. 5 is a block forming part of the hinge 17 and is pivoted at 18 to the plate 14. A spring 26 contained in the hinge 17 holds the curtain supporting member 19 against the upper front corner of the side section 1, as shown in Fig. 1. 2O is a curtain one edge of which is attached to the front edge of side section 2 by tacks 21. 22 is a snap fastener carried by the member 19 and is adaptable to engage with an eyelet 23 in the curtain 20. rlhe member 19 when detached from the curtain 2O is free to swing around the pivot 18 to the position shown in Fig. 2.

By referring to Fig. 1 it is apparent that the member 19 as hinged to the side section 2, and the curtain 2O as it is fastened to the side section 2, formsa door for entering and leaving the booth.

The stop pin 16 limits the upward movement of the member 19 by coming in contact with the block 5, and thereby avoids the raising of the member 19 to a height where it would miss the upper front corner of the side section 1 when the door closes.

24 is a hand hold and is shown as made of canvas and attached to the curtain by stitch* ing 25.

In folding the booth for storage the curtain 20 is rst detached from the snap fastener 22, then the member 19 is turned on the pivot 18 and brought in parallel relation with the front edge of the side section 2, as shown in Fig. 2. The hook 12 is disengaged with the screw eye 13 and the desk board 6 is turned on the hinges 8 to the position as shown in Fig. 2, after which the curtain 2O is laid flat with the inside of side section 2, and fastened to the same by snap fastener 27.

The back section 3 and side sections 1 and 2 are then ready to be folded like shown in Fig. 3.

An additional snap fastener .28 may be attached to the underside of the`desk board 6, the same being adaptable to engage with the eyelet 29 in the curtain 20. This will aid in holding the curtain fiat with the side section 2, and also prevent the desk board 6 from falling out of the position as shown in Fig. 2. A snap fastener mayalso be attached .to the outside of the side section 2, as shown at 30, in thisevent the curtain-20 may be laid fiat with the outsideof side section 2 as shown at 20 in light broken jlines in' Fig. 2.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby United States Letters Patent, is as follows:

In a folding booth comprising aback secftion, two side sections hinged to said back section, a curtain, one vertical edgethereof be- 20 ing fixed to one of'said side sections, a. curtain supporting member positioned diagonally acrossthe front ofthebooth, .the upper end thereof` contacting with the Jfront edge of the side section opposite to the side section to which said curtain is fixed, a hinge fixed to the side sect-ion to which said curtain is fixed -and the lower end of said curtain supportfor fixing the free end of said curtain tothe i upper end of said curtain supporting member.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOHN J. REINHOLD. 

